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Wycliffe Gordon opens with a single chorus on trombone, the first of two solos, followed by Eric Reed on piano. At a ballad tempo of 55 BPM over the 32-bar AA' in D♭, the performance unfolds with spacious lyricism and emotional depth. Johnson and beyond, and Gordon's contribution to this lineage is distinctive for its combination of technical mastery and unaffected emotional directness. Recorded for the album Standards Only in 2001, the performance captures Wycliffe Gordon at 33 to 34 years old. Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust" receives a luminous ballad treatment on Wycliffe Gordon's 2001 album Standards Only, the trombonist's warm, expressive sound perfectly suited to one of the most recorded compositions in American popular music.
Wycliffe Gordon was 33 to 34 years old at the time.
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